.45 cartridge found in washing machine... CALL THE BOMB SQUAD!!!

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http://media.www.thewheatonwire.com...2/11/News/Bullet.Raises.Concern-3622571.shtml

Bullet raises concern
Katie Franklin '09
Issue date: 2/11/09 Section: News


The first Safety Bulletin of the year alerted campus of a 45-caliber bullet found in a washing machine of Beard Hall. Wheaton Public Safety is collaborating with the Norton Police Department on the case. According to one of the lead investigators from Norton Police, Sergeant Jacob Dennett, the ammunition was a live round, meaning that it had not been fired but could potentially be used.

According to Sgt. Dennett, a student found the bullet in the washing machine while doing his laundry. 45-caliber bullets are used in assault weapons such as handguns, not larger weapons like hunting rifles. Norton Police was called to aid in the investigation, and a bomb-sniffing dog went through the dorm to search for evidence. No firearms were found, but the investigation is still ongoing.

Some students were confused by the sight of dogs because the notice had not yet been sent around campus. "I saw the flyers before I received the e-mail [that Dean of Students Jack Kuszaj sent to the Wheaton community that afternoon]," said Beard resident Noah Burch '09. He also noticed Public Safety going door to door asking students if they had any information about the bullet.

"My guess is that it was in someone's pocket and it found its way through the laundry," said Sgt. Dennett, "but how that came to be is an unanswered question." At the moment, police say it's possible that someone found the bullet somewhere and innocently put it in their pocket and forgot about it, or there could be more malicious intents. There is no evidence to make any such conclusions though.

"I don't think it's a big threat," said Burch, who thinks that students are concerned but not terribly worried. One of the RAs in Beard, Gregory Thompson '10, warns that students should be more vigilant because of this event. "As long as people are aware of what they're doing, like not letting people in they don't know, or propping the doors open," Thompson thinks safety should be fine. "If we can at least stop the riskier stuff from happening, then it'll be less likely that we'll have a scary problem that might lead to an unsafe situation," he said.

 

[skeptiq]

Wow, just wow... that's about all I can say...

 

[gvnwst]

Okay......? Right, the .45 is a assualt rigle cartridge, like my bb gun is a 2k yd sniper rifle.

 

[Leanwolf]

Wooses, wimps, sissies, wild eyed frightened little bliss ninnies, are what the youth of America, and educators, have been brainwashed into being.


And....

"45-caliber bullets are used in assault weapons such as handguns, not larger weapons like hunting rifles."

More left wing propagandistic lies. Isn't going to get anything but worse, either.

L.W.

 

[jak67429]

I bet it is real dangerous after going through the washer

 

[Officers'Wife]

Hope they never have to wash my husband's clothes the way they panic.

 

[qwert65]

wow, just wow. On the bright side I now have an "assault weapon" to supplement my 3030 (springer GI)

 

[TexasRifleman]

"If we can at least stop the riskier stuff from happening, then it'll be less likely that we'll have a scary problem that might lead to an unsafe situation," he said.

Dear God in Heaven.

What does that even mean? Is that even in English?

 

[Hoppy590]

YUP, cause 99% of mass murders do their laundry before going on killing sprees. this whole "news report" makes me vomit

 

[HoosierQ]

You know, back in the 1970's there were several guys who hunted that had rifles in their dorm room closets. I can honestly say I never saw a handgun but there were three of four guys whose guns I actually saw. They didn't ever show them off given the nature of sophomoric booze addled college kids (as I am afraid I was).

So we go from that to a bomb squad sniffing out a .45.

 

[shotgunjoel]

Wow, I live near a good sized college, and I know that students aren't allowed to have guns in their dorms or anything, but this is nuts! So some kid was home over the weekend and was shooting with friends/family and put a round in his pocket. So what!? This is what America is becoming, when it's considered an awful occurrence for anything gun related to be found on campuses or anywhere for that matter. BS, complete BS.

 

[JImbothefiveth]

45-caliber bullets are used in assault weapons such as handguns, not larger weapons like hunting rifles.

Don't tell them about the .45-70, or .450 Nitro express. And it looks like they've added to their definition of "assault weapon".

 

[Animal Mother]

My God, what a bunch of idiots.

 

[blkbrd666]

Oh my! What if someone had washed their jeans in that washer and forgot to take the 1911 out of their pocket...and that 1911 had gotten momentarily snagged and the slide pulled back...and then what if the cartridge accidently fell into the chamber...........

Well, that's just too close for comfort. They should probably shut the school down and test for lead contamination too...may need to call in a haz-mat team to dispose of that washer.

Who woulda thunk I could've had THAT much fun with a cartridge in college? Oh wait, I was in school back when most of the population had a triple digit IQ.

 

[jws527]

It's a liberal arts college in Massachusetts. Need I say more?

 

[feedthehogs]

The good thing about frightened liberal people like the writer is when we finaly take or rights back, people like that will be cowering in the corner.

Less resistance is just fine with me.

 

[gbran]

First it was laundered money, now it's laundered ammo.

 

[shotgunjoel]

feedthehogs, less resistance is what they want. If they can take away you guns you can't resist them when they take away democracy.

 

[Leaky Waders]

So...just how do you load a 1911 washing machine?

For real though, someone left a bullet in their pocket after a day of shooting. I can see how people may have freaked out because it's on a campus where guns are probably not allowed.

The real story in the silly sock monster in the drier. Get the dogs on that. I lose a sock per week from that contraption.

 

[deanodog]

I recently washed my T V remote when doing my sheets. Should the FCC be notified? That thing still works....amazing

 

[Kurt S.]

Ha, I wish I had a buck for every time my wife handed me a nice clean .22 LR, .32, .380 or .45 cartridge that she ran through the wash.....

 

[DRYHUMOR]

And to think it made it through the spin cycle without blowing up the machine.

Good thing it didn't make it into one of high temp gas dryers, they'd all be goners for sure.

 

[Pilot]

It's a liberal arts college in Massachusetts. Need I say more?

Blissninies. Freakin, brainwashed Blissninnies.

 

[Larry Ashcraft]

A couple of years ago, my son was hunting doves, and my grandson wanted to carry a "bullet" (12 ga no. 8). Well, he forgot to take the shell out of his pocket and the next day at school it fell out when he hung his coat up.

My son said the teacher's voice was actually quivering as she told him what had happened. At the sage age of 30, my son told the teacher that the shell wouldn't hurt anybody, and he would be over shortly to retrieve it.

At least it was a rural school, and they didn't call the bomb squad.

 

[Karl Hungus]

un...real...

Glad they could take care of that vewy vewy scawy "assault" cartridge without soiling themselves. I hope the poor little unicorn jockey who found the horrible cartridge won't be traumatised for life.

Guns are so icky..... not to mention scawy.